IMPORTANT news about watching F1 on sky this season

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The way sky will position the F1 channel will change on April 9th.

What does this mean for me? Well read on.

At the moment you only need the HD subs and Entertainment to get the F1 channel in HD. If you already have this (or any higher package that includes HD or Sky Sports) OR you sign up to this package BEFORE April 9th then you're ok, you will continue to get F1 in HD, or SD if you only have Sky Sports.

If you sign up to Sky as a new customer, OR you want the F1 channel and don't already have HD or sky sports then the only way you will get F1 on or after April 9th will be to take Sky Sports. It will no longer be available with the HD pack which is being split into separate packs.

In short, if you get F1 already, then you will continue to do so. If you don't, it will be cheaper to get it before 9th April. After this it will cost at least £41.50 to get F1 and even then only in SD.

I will try and answer any questions I can.
 
If you continue with your current package then nothing will change. As far as I am aware there are no plans to change that. If you ever remove the HD package then you will lose F1 (assuming you don't have sports) and to get it back you will need to take Sky Sports, which will be the cheapest way to do it at that time. Even then it will be SD only unless you also add HD.

In your case Skill, removing movies only won't change the F1 entitlement as long as you keep sports and/or HD.
 
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Skeeter said:
Well this is going to just plateau the Sky viewing figures for F1 then. No F1 fan wants live races enough to buy the whole Sports pack for it.

Does this mean the HD pack is going totally, and the channels will be tagged onto the packs they come with? I did always think it was a bit odd that the channels you get in the HD pack for the same price could vary wildly depending on what other packs you have.

How will you get SSF1 in HD after the 9th April if its only SD that comes with the Sports pack and its not in the HD pack?
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You could say that any serious F1 viewer will already have Sky for the F1 channel. In which case nothing will change for them.

The HD pack is being split. You can get Entertainment Extra+ which is £31.50 which gives the Ent Extra HD channels (45 of them) along with entertainment content on the 3D channel but you don't get F1. If you want your premium channels in HD (sports and movies, as now you can choose not to) it's another £5.25. Basically anyone with a premium pack with HD won't pay any more.

al4x said:
So to watch f1 in hd you need to spend how much? Sky +hd +sports?

That must work out pretty pricey per hour of f1

Pass!
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F1 in HD will get expensive. You need Entertainment Extra+ (£31.50) + sports (£21) +the premium HD paxk (£5.25).

I can see why they've done it, over 50% of Sky's viewers are on Entertainment extra and they want to tempt them into HD. Sky will also allow you tot ake ent. extra+ and get a +HD box free. That effectively means only paying an extra £5 per month tog et a free HD box and what channels you do have in HD AND 3D content from the channels you already have. Yes it sucks really, really badly for new subscribers who want F1 in HD which is why I've tried to give you notice.

If you're even considering F1 in HD, even in the slightest, ACT NOW. There's a thread in home cinema from myself offering Sky half price for 12 months as a new customer. I have no codes left but someone else has also posted offering codes. You get

Free Sky+HD box
Free standard set-up
Half price HD Pack (save £61.50)
Half price TV for a year (save up to £333)

That means as a minimum you could spend £5.12 on the HD sub and £10.75 on Entertainment and even if you get nothing else you'll still get some good TV AND F1 in HD. Assuming you don't change your package after the offer expires you'll be £10.25 for HD and £21 for Entertainment.
 
I suspect there's an assumption that anyone who wants HD will already have it. There are two races before this comes in, both on Sky. If someone wants F1 in HD they can get it before then.
 
rhysduck said:
******s. Simple - money robbing aholes.

I currently have Sky Sports HD which includes F1 (and watched 95% of the races last season Live.) BUT im moving out of my current house into a house of my won with the Mrs around April 9th...

I WONT be paying all that just to have F1.

Sad day ahead :(
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So phone up early April when you can still get the full price HD mix that gets you F1? Doesn't matter when you get it installed its when you order it.
 
ins0mn1ac said:
I've a question, I'm about to change my package again since movies have again become stale, so If I change now to add HD I already have ent extra and remove movies, I'll get SkyF1 + ent chans in HD and I'll keep F1 through the change when it goes to a Sky Sports package? want to get my facts right before I ring up :p
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Skeeter said:
So you will be getting Entertainment Extra and the HD pack, and nothing more.

That is the same that I have and as I understand it it means you will get SSF1HD and keep it after the 9th April.
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Assuming you have the full price HD subs @£10.25 before April 9th then you will keep the F1.
 
You will be able to buy a 24 hour pass to all sky sports channels, including F1 on NowTV for £9.99 within the next few weeks. Cheaper than the new packages if you only want the races the BBC don't have live.
 
Skeeter said:
Sky do Sky Go monthly passes for £40 which would work out almost the same as NowTV if there are 2 Sky races within a month. Cheaper if there are 3 (although not sure there are 3 sky races within 4 weeks at any point). Makes £9.99 seem quite expensive for 24 hours.

Actually Sky Go monthly passes are cheaper than buying a Sky subscription, as the cheapest option for SSF1 after April will be a £41 TV package.

Edit: actually no, I miss read. The cheapest Sky Go monthly pass that includes Sports is £35. £40 includes movies. Plus 24 hours would mean you wouldnt get to watch qualifying. That NowTV deal seems a bit of a ripoff.
You could (MissCheif, cover your ears) split a Sky Go monthly pass with a mate as it lets you use it on 2 devices, making a full Sky Sports streaming service £17.50 a month.
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How you use your Sky Go monthly subscription is up to you. :)
 
wesley said:
can non sky members watch F1 on sky go? its very confusing :(
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Sort of. :)

You can subscribe to Sky Go without ha ing a Sky TV sub but its only marginally cheaper than sky TV but has no 12 month contract.

If you have a friend or relative who either doesnt use sky go or is happy to let you use oneof the two slots available with the standard sky sub then you can also watch.
 
I didn't make the thread so you guys could bitch at each other about how viewing fgures have dropped since the move to Sky. Anyone who didn't expect that to happen was delusional.

The BBC approached Sky who rightfully snapped it up. Any ire or anger should be directed at them.

As far as Sponsors are concerned they couldn't give two monkeys flying out of anyone's rear end about viewing figures dropping in the UK. The UK is a mature market where the number of consumers is finite and tends to swap between brands rather than being brand new customers as are likely in Asia and China.
 
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Skeeter said:
Why not get the TV and phone now, then tag the BB on later when they LLU it?

Although personally, I wouldn't bother, the terrible connection and horrendous customer services I'm getting with their BB is making me want to leave anyway. I'd be better off with a BT reseller.
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What's up Skeeter? Trust me your issue and I will see what I can do.
 
True, but that 500k are customers that have been advertised to and marketed to for years. There's a thought that if they were going to ever be Vodafone customers (for example) they either have been or are. Those 500k Brazilian customers have more potential than those in the UK.
 
None of the BBC board members or the BBC trust have gone on record to say they're Motorsport or F1 fans. I'm sure most of them are far more into Polo, Tennis, Rowing and Rugby rather than anything that 'normal' people are into. Had there been at least one voice trying to keep F1 on the BBC then things might have been different. Hell the BBC trusts own reporting said it was consistently hitting above their own targets for viewing and was often the most watched program by several million in its broadcast timings and was consistently most watched by its target demographic, it's just no one who makes the decisions was the slightest bit interested in keeping it.

Also some of the Licence fee is creamed off for improving rural Broadband and even Channel Four wanted some! As a commercial station I'm appalled that they even managed to argue they should get some and nearly succeeded!
 
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Personally I'd have been quite happy if they lost the dozens of local BBC radio stations around the UK. Some TOWNS even have a local BBC station. BBC Scotland covers the WHOLE of Scotland. Get rid of half the local stations and you'd save a fair bit! There are 59 BBC Radio stations in the UK! 59!! half that number and you'd save millions. The BBC haven't been known for keeping staff levels or spending in check. Someone told me that BBC Radio 1 newsbeat, that produce no more than half a dozen shortish bulletins a day have something like 50 staff and they had the most staff of any National broadcaster covering the US elections. Even more than the US networks themselves!
 
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Do you have the F1 channel now? have you kept the HD subscription? if you're keeping the HD subs and you never remove them you'll keep access to the F1 channel.
 
For single boxes they don't really mind. For Multiroom boxes they do random checks every month but not for everyones boxes. They pick a few thousand at random and send a letter. Then they send another after the second month. Then they charge double.
 
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